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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?
(a) L.C. Dunn.
(b) Her father, Dr. McClintock.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) Lewis Stadler.

2. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1935.

3. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?
(a) Charles B. Davenport.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) Salvador Luria.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

4. How many parts are in the process of transposition?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

2. The Cold Spring Harbor Symposium of 1951 was on what?

3. How many years later was it when Barbara made her second presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

4. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

5. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?

(see the answer key)

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